[Dominic Harr]

When you buy from a merchant, you are entitled to all the key facts about the purchase before you buy.

Does anyone out there really not know this is the law?

Will anyone argue this is *bad* law?

Can anyone deny that MS just spent 5 weeks *breaking* this law?

[Dominic Harr]

A merchant is obligated under the law to disclose any fact, the disclosure of which may have influenced the buyer not to enter into the transaction to start with.

Anti-trust laws don't apply to MS. Consumer protection laws don't apply to MS.

How far does this go?

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

Good point but I bought the computer from Best Buy w/ pre-loaded XP less than a week ago. No one told me crap about this.If I looked into consumer reports it would have not been there.I had no way of knowing of horrible flaws that Microsoft knew...all's I knew was that I could maybe fly to the tune of a Madonna song.Should the 20 yr. old clerk have told me ((He did thought say go get ALL the updates right away)) (and he was a Mac fan-like myself-and Best Buy quit selling Macs over some which color iMacs to sell dispute)Is Best Buy liable, (the techie that pre-loaded me at Best Buy HAD to know about this HUGE FLAW) or is Microsoft?

[Balding_Eagle]

When you buy from a merchant, you are entitled to all the key facts about the purchase before you buy.

So how much have you gotten back? Or are you filing a class-action suit?

Count me skeptical, but you seem to be grinding an axe for someone here, but don't have the brass ones necessary to do anything but whine.

Kinda like the guys who hold "The Tax Code is Illegal' seminars.